IMPHAL, July 5: Kalakshetra Manipur`™s acclaimed play `Pebet`™ has been invited to the prestigious International Theatre Conference 2015, jointly organised by the International Federation for Theatre and Department of Theatre Arts, University of Hyderabad.
The International Conference is to be held from July 6 to 10 at Hyderabad University. `Theatre and Democracy`™ is the theme of the conference. Pebet will be showed as part of the major performances on July 7. Heisnam Sabitri of Kalakshetra along with the director Heisnam Kanhailal will give lecture cum demonstration on the following day.
The conference will be attended by around 300 delegates from different countries of the world along with 75 delegates from India. During the conference renowned scholars like Prabhat Patnaik, Partha Chatterjee, Elaine Aston and Anuradha Kapur will give their presentations as key note speakers.
Kalakshetra Manipur troupe has left Imphal for Hyderabad today to take part in the conference. It may be mentioned that `Pebet`™ since its production in the early period of 1970s has staged more than 70 times till the present date. The play has also travelled to international festivals across the globe in cities like Cairo and Tokyo.